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Richard Hoskins <rmh3@alltel.net> writes:

> I propose we use "shooting sparrows with a cannon", understanding it
> implies "collateral damage" which is, unfortunately,

The idiom is common in Denmark too, I have never got any impression
that "collateral damage" were implied.  

I always believed the negative connotation was due to our Lutheran
culture, in which waste (and excessive measures is a kind of waste) is
considered bad.